tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post2701346308409373003..comments2020-06-06T23:12:16.274+01:00Comments on Regency History: 30 Beau Brummell quotes and anecdotesRachel Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-51702782421905791512019-11-25T17:40:56.672+00:002019-11-25T17:40:56.672+00:00Many thanks for your excellent list of references,...Many thanks for your excellent list of references, but when you&#39;re going to so much trouble (i.e. quoting page numbers) it&#39;s worth also specifying the edition of the volume. All of the quotes you reference as page 111 show up on page 118 in the edition of Captain Jesse&#39;s book at https://archive.org/details/beaubrummell00jessgoog/page/n8.BillWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-11850875506552763802019-08-19T22:28:35.344+01:002019-08-19T22:28:35.344+01:00I wrote the first version of this post back in 201...I wrote the first version of this post back in 2012, before I started recording the sources of my quotes in my blog posts. Your comment prompted me to re-examine my sources. It is impossible to tell how many of these quotes and anecdotes really happened, but they were certainly being repeated within a few years of Brummell&#39;s death. Where these quotes/anecdotes appear in the novels of Georgette Heyer, they are a reflection on her good research as she was certainly not the first to quote them.Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-45986955524469247072019-08-19T22:22:42.191+01:002019-08-19T22:22:42.191+01:00He was certainly eccentric but he also laughed at ...He was certainly eccentric but he also laughed at himself and delighted in the stir that his absurdities caused.Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-79044978534407518872019-08-19T00:01:38.590+01:002019-08-19T00:01:38.590+01:00*sigh*
Many of these quotes are fictitious, taken...*sigh*<br /><br />Many of these quotes are fictitious, taken directly from the novels of Georgette Heyer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-1139491884201159012019-08-14T19:44:18.248+01:002019-08-14T19:44:18.248+01:00soo... basically he was an asshole. got it. yes, T...soo... basically he was an asshole. got it. yes, Tim, douchebag is exactly what he was, modern word or no. there are a million guys just like him now. Kagi Soraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08916443387868327289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-33267800152463583942017-01-14T07:46:36.824+00:002017-01-14T07:46:36.824+00:00I cant see how he could have been a &quot;douche b... I cant see how he could have been a &quot;douche bag&quot; .......since an impudent douche bag .........appears to be a more modern creation. Perhaps he was a type that always existed and still does. He was the right one, with fine skills and available cash, at the right time to catch the attention and acceptance of a society ready to recognize male beauty and style , swagger and all. We wouldve called him in the age just passed a movie star. the impyouknowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482627008474786335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-55238078322000810852016-05-16T18:40:48.496+01:002016-05-16T18:40:48.496+01:00he sounds really obnoxious............ a latter da...he sounds really obnoxious............ a latter day douche bag....Kaleem Rajahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660201428667958690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-47067041238122552512014-02-15T20:09:36.647+00:002014-02-15T20:09:36.647+00:00Nonetheless, they gave him a reputation for saying...Nonetheless, they gave him a reputation for saying the unexpected. :)<br />Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-31999983388426221752014-02-14T22:28:51.732+00:002014-02-14T22:28:51.732+00:00These are among the lamest excuses for witty bante...These are among the lamest excuses for witty banter I&#39;ve ever seen. Most of them are utterly pedestrian. Oscar he isn&#39;t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-31925100454048761152013-11-07T15:22:02.875+00:002013-11-07T15:22:02.875+00:00Presumably, you are descended from William? I shou...Presumably, you are descended from William? I should be very interested to know whether any of the Beau&#39;s possessions and papers survived into the modern age.NJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029310454977877828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-65902611565428382972013-04-22T09:35:24.650+01:002013-04-22T09:35:24.650+01:00What a wonderful connection - I&#39;m glad you lik...What a wonderful connection - I&#39;m glad you like the quotes. :)Rachel Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14058142939706153724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-84698263673801133182013-04-21T02:13:49.961+01:002013-04-21T02:13:49.961+01:00I am a Brummell myself and agree with a whole coll...I am a Brummell myself and agree with a whole collection of Gt Gt Gt Gt Gt Gt Ucle Beau&#39;s quotations!!!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196124033481143515.post-4946143576448454542012-11-21T14:14:02.694+00:002012-11-21T14:14:02.694+00:00Interesting man, and a lovely sketch of him. I&#39...Interesting man, and a lovely sketch of him. I&#39;m forever indebted to him for creating male fashion apart from the colors, fabrics and aesthetic applied to ladies&#39; fashions. If I picture Mr. Darcy in Georgian attire.... nah. Nope. Nuh-huh.<br /><br />And one more anecdote: When Brummell was living in dire penury in France, his only hope of regular income a diplomatic appointment requiring the king&#39;s signature, everybody assumed George would have to die before Brummell could be appointed. In one of his latest sovereign acts, George signed the document, and gave Brummell a few more years of security and position. <br /><br />He was fat, but at the last, maybe George was a friend, too. <br />Grace Burroweshttp://graceburrowes.comnoreply@blogger.com